Edited by Heinrich Best and Maurizio Cotta

Parliamentary Representatives in Europe 1848-2000

Legislative Recruitment and Careers in Eleven European Countries

Edited by Heinrich Best and Maurizio Cotta

Description

This book brings together leading scholars in the field of electoral studies and political representation to examine the democratization of the recruitment of political representatives in Western Europe. The study deals with long-term changes in parliamentary recruitment and patterns of political careers in eleven European countries from the middle of the 19th century until 2000. The book provides the first ever truly comparative study of parliamentary representation in Europe.

Parliamentary Representatives in Europe 1848-2000

Legislative Recruitment and Careers in Eleven European Countries

Edited by Heinrich Best and Maurizio Cotta

Table of Contents

Elite Transformation and Modes of Representation since the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Some Theoretical Considerations, Heinrich Best and Maurizio CottaThe Incremental Transformation of the Danish Legislative Elite: The Party System as Prime Mover, Mogens N. PedersenProfessional and Expert Representation: Recruitment of the Parliamentary Elite in Finland since 1863, Ilkka RuostetsaariDetours to Modernity: Long Term Trends of Parliamentary Recruitment in Republican France 1848-1999, Heinrich Best and Daniel GaxieChallenges, Failures and Final Success: The Winding Path of German Parliamentary Leadership Groups toward a Structurally Integrated Elite 1848-1999, Heinrich Best, Christopher Hausmann and Karl SchmittBelated Professionalisation of
Parliamentary Elites: Hungary 1848-1997, Gabriela IlonszkiParliamentary Elite Transformations along the Discontinuous Road of Democratisation: Italy 1861-1999, Maurizio Cotta, Alfio Mastropaolo and Luca VerzichelliRepresentatives of the Dutch People: The Smooth Transformation of the Parliamentary Elite in a Consociational Democracy, Wilhelmina P. SeckerDemocratisation and Parliamentary Elite Recruitment in Norway 1848-1996, Kjell A. Eliassen and Marit SøvaagPolitical Recruitment and Elite Transformation in Modern Portugal 1870-1999: The Late Arrival of Mass Representation, José M. MagoneSpanish Diputados: From the 1876 Restoration to Consolidated Democracy, Juan Linz with Pilar Gangas and Miguel Jerez MirContinuity and Change: Legislative Recruitment in
the United Kingdom 1868-1999, Michael Rush and Valerie CromwellBetween Professionalisation and Democratisation: A Synoptic View on the Making of the European Representative, Maurizio Cotta and Heinrich Best